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Post by aldewitt on Feb 21, 2019 9:15:39 GMT -6
www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000001018254/article/2019-nfl-draft-pro-day-scheduleNFL 2019 Pro Day schedule shows MVFC has NDSU, YSU, SDSU, IndState & UNI. It’s not surprising these schools are recruiting well. UNI may be the only MVFC school able to challenge the Bison over time. Right now SDSU is the very solid #2. They are building a huge program in every respect. If their attendance were better they would be unstoppable. The lack of fan interest will wear on the program. They could end up in the trash heap with SIU. Outside those 3 programs the rest of the conference is a crap shoot. The addition of UND won’t change things. Year in year out this group is comparable to the average Big Sky team. Illinois State is tops. I see it this way this year. The MVFC champion is most likely in the 1st Tier. Chances diminish in each tier. 1st Tier: NDSU UNI 2nd Tier: SDSU Illinois State 3rd Tier: USD Ind State The Also Rans: YSU WIU SIU MSU UND (provisional partial schedule until 2020)
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Post by aldewitt on Feb 22, 2019 4:35:24 GMT -6
Prodays are self scheduled. Anybody can have one but NFL teams may not show. Only programs confident of NFL interest would bother. Why go to the expense and effort if it’s going to be a bust?
UND fans are offended their #21 ranked running back in the undersized running back group will try out at NDSUs pro day. I don’t know if any USD athletes are going to pro day but SDSU would be the logical choice if there will be sufficient NFL interest.
Neither of the mighty land grants see a lot of players drafted but they do place a lot of players on practice squads, especially NDSU where pro scouts have been fixtures for years. It’s easy to see why NDSU attracts interest and to a lesser extent SDSU. Both are top notch and act as regional pro day events. With these programs providing the event is there any reason for USD/UND to bother with their own events?
I’m not sure if athletes just show up voluntarily or need an invite but for the volunteers regional events make a lot of sense for scouts and players. In fact UND announced a pro day but it didn’t materialize suggesting scouts aren’t interested in attending pro days school by school but rather by regions. The MVFC seems well covered by the participating schools so no other events really need be scheduled.
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Post by Yote 53 on Feb 22, 2019 10:52:49 GMT -6
USD couldn't host a pro day if it wanted to, the Dome is under construction. I suppose they could use the outdoor practice fields.
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Post by aldewitt on Feb 23, 2019 14:58:30 GMT -6
That would make it tough. I dont think its that big of deal anyway. The schools that have them have them for a reason. They seem to be regionally distributed too. Looking ahead at a little more MVFC news the best looking FBS schedule in the conference is UND. It could help recruiting:
FBS games scheduled
9/12/2020 - Kansas State
9/11/2021 - Utah St.
9/3/2022 - Nebraska
9/16/2023 - Washington
8/31/2024 - Iowa St
8/30/2025 - Missouri
9/19/2026 - Nebraska
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Post by elcoyote on Feb 23, 2019 19:30:41 GMT -6
Our Oklahoma game next fall trumps most anything anyone has coming up. After that it's Iowa State, Kansas and Missouri. We seem to do OK scheduling our FBS games.
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Post by aldewitt on Feb 24, 2019 9:43:55 GMT -6
As far as any single game matchup goes the OK game is huge. I hadn't looked ahead to USDs FBS slate but here it is. A nice looking package of games as well: - 2019 Oklahoma
- 2020 Iowa State
- 2021 Kansas
- 2022 Missouri
- TBA
Here is a look at NDSU: - 2019 NONE but they do have a big payday at Target Field
- 2020 Oregon Ducks
- 2021 Nothing yet
- 2022 Arizona. Curiously there are no other scheduled games listed for the 2022 season.
- 2023. No scheduled games listed
- 2024 Colorado. No other scheduled games listed
I think the lack of scheduled games from 2022 on is very curious.
SDSU hasn't posted any schedules beyond 2018.
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Post by usdtator on Feb 25, 2019 9:36:03 GMT -6
As far as any single game matchup goes the OK game is huge. I hadn't looked ahead to USDs FBS slate but here it is. A nice looking package of games as well: - 2019 Oklahoma
- 2020 Iowa State
- 2021 Kansas
- 2022 Missouri
- TBA
Here is a look at NDSU: - 2019 NONE but they do have a big payday at Target Field
- 2020 Oregon Ducks
- 2021 Nothing yet
- 2022 Arizona. Curiously there are no other scheduled games listed for the 2022 season.
- 2023. No scheduled games listed
- 2024 Colorado. No other scheduled games listed
I think the lack of scheduled games from 2022 on is very curious.
SDSU hasn't posted any schedules beyond 2018.
Are you insinuating that the bizun and bunnies are FBS bound?
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Post by aldewitt on Feb 25, 2019 20:30:56 GMT -6
Even though Im no Sioux Volly I have to admit the thought crossed my mind. There has to be some reason they haven’t posted the conference games so why not jump to that conclusion? SV turns everything into a sign UND is on its way to the FBS but there are so many things preventing it it’s laughable. NDSU & SDSU aren’t much better off but there may be a few advantages. For one thing it’s possible to believe an FBS team would fly to Fargo to play the Bison but it’s hard to imagine they fly to fargo for the 80 mile bus ride to Grand Forks to play in the Alerus center which isn’t large enough to generate decent guarantee money for OOC games. They don’t have a spectacular budget for decent OOC games now. The scheduling is interesting but doubtful it is a sign of impending FBS bids.
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Post by Yotes on Feb 25, 2019 22:45:03 GMT -6
As far as any single game matchup goes the OK game is huge. I hadn't looked ahead to USDs FBS slate but here it is. A nice looking package of games as well: - 2019 Oklahoma
- 2020 Iowa State
- 2021 Kansas
- 2022 Missouri
- TBA
Here is a look at NDSU: - 2019 NONE but they do have a big payday at Target Field
- 2020 Oregon Ducks
- 2021 Nothing yet
- 2022 Arizona. Curiously there are no other scheduled games listed for the 2022 season.
- 2023. No scheduled games listed
- 2024 Colorado. No other scheduled games listed
I think the lack of scheduled games from 2022 on is very curious.
SDSU hasn't posted any schedules beyond 2018.
Are you insinuating that the bizun and bunnies are FBS bound? Teams that move up always have games scheduled already. Our future schedule always seems to come in bursts. Theirs is coming soon. It would be asinine to suggest NDSU is going FBS.
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Post by aldewitt on Feb 26, 2019 5:13:39 GMT -6
If any Dakota school gets an FBS invite it would probably be NDSU but the idea is un-workable. Sioux Vollys dream is a new FBS conference made up mostly of Big Sky teams. UND all ready went broke in the Big Sky once. It would be far more expensive as FBS.
Just take a peak at Idaho’s schedules from their lost FBS years. It would be no better for any of us. UND has a full slate of FBS games now because they are a hapless football team with no chance of winning any of those games unless they change something in a very big way. In the FCS the better you are the harder it is to get FBS games. None of the teams on any Dakota schools FBS schedule are likely to travel to our stadiums anyway. To play them you will be on the road in both FCS & FBS.
As far as FBS goes NDSU looks the best right now but that’s far from perfect. Besides, no FBS conference needs a 19,000 seat stadium in Fargo. Smaller stadiums in Vermillion and Grand Forks won’t be of interest either. SDSUs empty seats aren’t going to get any more attention then they do now.
SDSU has better facilities but are plagued with location problems, lack of national brand and a small media market. NDSU has an edge with those factors but they are not enough. No school in the MVFC has the resources or following to get an invite into any meaningful FBS situation besides a remix of the schools we already play. That begs the question of why bother?
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Post by aldewitt on Feb 26, 2019 5:19:48 GMT -6
Are you insinuating that the bizun and bunnies are FBS bound? Teams that move up always have games scheduled already. Our future schedule always seems to come in bursts. Theirs is coming soon. It would be asinine to suggest NDSU is going FBS. NDSU has always held their scheduling close to the vest but have publicly commented that most FBS schools won’t return their calls. There was a little interest in a Fargo to play Bama but after their loss that has all died down. Still, they should know their conference schedules four years out shouldn’t they?
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Post by gorabbits on Feb 26, 2019 10:41:41 GMT -6
Perhaps the reason conference schedules aren't posted is that they know that a 12th conference member is on the horizon and therefore the schedule will be changing anyway. (Not necessarily Augie.)
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Post by Yote 53 on Feb 26, 2019 12:19:19 GMT -6
Could be Murray State.
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Post by GoYotes on Feb 26, 2019 13:31:24 GMT -6
Perhaps the reason conference schedules aren't posted is that they know that a 12th conference member is on the horizon and therefore the schedule will be changing anyway. (Not necessarily Augie.) Or perhaps someone is leaving....?
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Post by aldewitt on Feb 26, 2019 18:48:38 GMT -6
It is curious so checking again I saw the Yotes have their conference games scheduled through 2023 including the SUs. With that it’s doubtful they are headed to the FBS. More than likely they are having trouble filling out their OOC schedules so the SUs are keeping options open to move games if need be.
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